I would much rather be in this position than 2013.
My reasoning for that is simply the number of pieces currently in the system. Poirier, Coronato, Wolf, all seem like they could end up as good players not to mention Zary, Pospisil, and others currently making the jump and the number of other players recently drafted that have high ceilings like Honzek, Morin, and Suniev.
If we can bottom out hard, get lucky at the draft, and find some elite players like the top 3 of the 2023 draft I like our chances much better for some long term success.
Some have been quick to jump on Conroy over the Toffoli trade, but regardless of how that trade works out, I think its great that Conroy got to practice trading using one of lesser chips. I'm glad his first trade wasn't Lindholm or Hanifin, because you have to think he learned some lessons with his first official trade as GM.
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